Claims
- 1. An activated catalyst, comprising the calcined product of a dry admixture of
- (a) manganese carbonate; and
- (b) one or more magnesium-containing materials selected from the group consisting of magnesium carbonate, basic magnesium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide.
- 2. An activated catalyst as in claim 1 wherein magnesium-containing material (b) is basic magnesium carbonate.
- 3. An activated catalyst as in claim 1 wherein magnesium-containing material (b) is magnesium carbonate.
- 4. An activated catalyst as in claim 1 wherein magnesium-containing material (b) is magnesium hydroxide.
- 5. An activated catalyst as in claim 1 wherein the manganese content comprises between 0.5 and 1.5% by weight of the magnesium-containing material.
- 6. An activated catalyst as in claim 1 wherein the catalyst further comprises (c) a binder for (a) and (b).
- 7. An activated catalyst as in claim 6 wherein said binder (c) is a polyphenylene ether (oxide) resin.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a division of application, Ser. No. 719,762, filed Apr. 4, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,590,307, which is a division of application Ser. No. 563,311, filed Dec. 20, 1983 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,547,480.
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Divisions (2)
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